Well said, Doc and others.
My wife and I live in a historic urban neighborhood that came to life in the 1880s to 1920s. Its culture has run the gambit from urban middle/upper class to downtrodden rental properties to the current diverse, revitalized, and renovated community.
There are complex issues around such efforts in a community, and we actually see both sides and try hard to navigate to the greatest good.

I can only speak personally about CS gas, but I hear the effect is similar.
If only on the skin, it burns pretty bad, but in a way that just ticked me off at the butthead who thought it’d be funny to pop a canister while a bunch of us were sleeping.
In the eyes or inhaled is a different matter. It temporarily shuts down breathing and vision, and tends to make bodily fluids squirt out the eyes, nose, and mouth.
But after a few minutes, it’s just a irritant that the body adapts to. Embrace the suck and keep going.

Jennifer Gray and Patrick Swayze, plus a period of alcohol overconsumption, inspired me to learn dancing. 30+ years later, I’m much more sober, still dancing as my body allows, and still hopelessly in love with Ms. Gray.